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A BRIDAL TRIP 



A Comedy in One Act 



By 
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A Bridal Trip. 



CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

Mr. Frederick Ford | ^ a newly-married couple, 
Mrs. Frederick Ford j -^ 

Mr. Periclese Dudley . a former lover of Mrs. Ford's. 
Mrs. Alice Green . . . Dudley's widowed sister. 



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A Bridal Trip. 



Scene. — Mrs. Green's drawing-room in country houses 
handsomely furnished. Three doors, the one c. being 
open and giving view of lawn. 

(Enter Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ford, c. d. Ford 
has two valises, l. c. Music No. i. Wedding 
March) 

Mrs. Ford. Well ! this is a cool reception. Nobody 
to meet us at the station, nobody to welcome us here. 
Fred, are you sure you mailed my letter ? 

Ford. (r. c.) What letter, angel? 

{puts down valises on table, R. c.) 

Mrs. Ford. I thought we had three valises. 

Ford. I put the other one in the baggage car with the 
trunk. (above table) 

Mrs. Ford. It wasn't put off the train. 

(alarmed) 

Ford. Oh ! I guess it was. 

Mrs. Ford. But indeed I didn't see it. Oh, dar- 
ling ! suppose my curling-irons and hairpins should be in 
that valise? And, dear me ! I left the book we were 
reading in the waiting-room. 

Ford, {piqued) If you can spare me better than 
the curling-irons and the hairpins and the book, I'd bet- 
ter go after them. You've been trying to get rid of me 
ever since we left the train, 

Mrs. Ford. Now, lovey, you know that isn't so. 

(caressing him) 

Ford. Well, then, perhaps it isn't. However, I'll go 
back. 



4: A BRIDAL TRIP. 

Mrs. Ford. There's a dear ! And don't be gone 
long. (//<? sfar/s toward c. ; she crosses to r. d.) 
Wait, Fred, wait ! Did you mail that letter ? 

Ford. What letter, sweetness ? 

{coming back a step or two) 

Mrs. Ford. The letter to Mrs. Alice Green I gave 
you last Monday. If she didn't receive it, she can't ex- 
pect us here on our bridal trip and may not even know 
of our marriage. Think how embarrassing it would be 
to us ! 

Ford. Oh ! I must have mailed it. {coming down 
c.) I remember putting it in this very pocket as I kissed 
you and started home ; and, angel ! — of whom do you 
suppose I was thinking all the way there ? 

Mrs. Ford. Of me, lamb, {embrace r. c.) But the 
letter ? 

Ford, {oblivious') Yes, and wondering if you would 
ever really love me — love me, I mean, as I love you. 

Mrs. Ford, {laughing) You infidel ! 

Ford. And you never loved another man ? 

Mrs. Ford. What a strange question ! 

Ford. But did you ? Answer me. 

Mrs. Ford. You won't be angry? {YOYOy disengages 
himself. Mrs. Ford surprised and then laughing) 
Why, you jealous man ! Can't I love my own father ? 

Ford. Y-e-s. But 

Mrs. Ford. What's the matter? 

Ford. Didn't you know a young man named Peter- 
kin 

{hesitateSy looking suspiciozisly at Mrs. Ford) 

Mrs. Ford. Why — what a question! 

{to chair R. of table ^ r.) 

Mrs. Alice Green. {calling without) Nellie ! 
Nellie ! come in out of that dirt. You mustn't soil your 
clean dress before Uncle Periclese gets here. 

Ford, {surprised) Periclese! — the very name! {to 
C. Mrs. Ford rises confused) Perhaps you are not 
surprised that Mr. Periclese Dudley is to be here. 

Mrs. Ford, {angrily) Absurd ! {change tone) 
Fred, I didn't think you'd suspect me. {toward him) 



A BRIDAL TRIP. 5 

And I don't think we will be very happy if you're going 
to be so jealous. 

(Mrs. Ford is almost ready to cry) 
Ford, {relenting) Well, if I'm jealous, it's because 
I love you so. Come, forgive me, dear ; now kiss me 
and I'll go after the valise, {she kisses him and in the 
embrace lets fall her handkerchief) Good-bye, angel ! 
{up c.) You see I'm not afraid to leave you if Mr. Peri- 
clese Dudley is coming, {exit c. to L.) Good-bye ! 

{He laughs with effort^ appearing reluctant and un- 
easy about going. £xit Ford, c. d.) 

Mrs. Ford. He's a darling {crosses to L.) but my ! he's 
jealous, {sits I..) I wonder where he heard about Perry ? 
One thing is certain — he must never find out what a des- 
perate flirtation we really had. I don't see how Perry 
knew we were coming here. I sent him an invitation to 
the wedding, but I took care not to mention that we 
would stop here on our bridal trip. Poor Alice ! She 
would have given the world for me to marry her brother 
Perry, {laughing) I never thought of such a thing; 
and he — well, I did think he never did either, but lately 
I've changed my mind, {crosses to c.) I'm sorry he's 
here, but I suppose I must make the best of the situation. 
Well {rises), I must hunt Alice, (c.) But first let me 
see whether my little Freddie has really gone back to the 
station — dear fellow ! 

{Noise of hammering. Exit Mrs. Ford, C. d. Enter 
Mrs. Green, r. d. Arranges furniture. A hammer- 
ing repeated. Mrs. Green runs eagerly toward c. 
D., looking out ; returns disappointed) 

Mrs. Green. Mrs. Birch surely has forgotten to send 
that book agent, and I was so anxious to buy his ''Bliss- 
ful Matrimony" to present to the dear couple when they 
arrived, {stops suddenly at table) I wonder if, after 
all, I have misinterpreted Perry's telegram ? {reads tele- 
gram — above table) '* Home Thursday ; will bring Nellie 
a new playmate, a httle bride. Perry." Strange he 



6 A BRIDAL TRIP. 

should refer to his bride as a playmate for a cliild five 
years old ! {to L. of table, l. ojF chair, d.) But Perry's 
such an oddity, and it must mean that he has married 
dear Amy Harper and that they are coming here on their 
bridal trip, {sits L.) What's this? {rises and picks 
up handkerchief) Embroidered- — "Amy." Just as I 
thought ! my dear old schoolmate is my brother's wife 
and they're here already. Yes, there's their luggage. 
{looking to c. D.) And there's Amy herself (/// /^ c. D.), 
but I don't see Perry. Yes, there he is behind. Stop ! 
they shall not see me. {down c.) I'll get even with 
them for not letting me know they had arrived, {to c. 
down) Let me see — ah ! I have it ! 

{Crossing laughingly to L. d., which she locks, taking 
key ; then to r. D.ffrom which she takes key and exits, 
making plain that she locks from outside. Enter 
Mrs. Ford, c. d.) 

Mrs. Ford, {excitedly) Alice ! Alice ! Oh, dear ! 
this is awkward ! {down c.) Perry Dudley is coming 
and I don't want to meet him alone, {to D.) What 
shall I do? I 

{As she turns, enter Periclese Dudley, c. d.) 

Dudley, {iip c.) Amy 1 {puts down dress suit 
case on stand L. of CD.) I thought 1 could not be 
mistaken ! {down L. C.) Why, you ran from me like 
a frightened deer. But never mind that ; I am delighted 
to see you. {shakes hand) You have just arrived ? 
. Mrs. Ford, {faintly) We came on the nine o'clock 
train. 

Dudley. Indeed ? Had I but known, I could have 
made my own trip more agreeable. Besides, by coming 
on your train I might have escaped a mishap that will 
insure me a cool reception frorn my hopeful young niece. 
Will you be my mediator with the little lady? 

(c. , goes up and opens dress suit case) 

Mrs. Ford. Alas ! {up toward him a step) Have 
you forgotten the propitiatory candy and pop-corn ? 



A BRIDAL TRIP. 7 

Dudley. Worse ! You see this doll — this bride, or 
rather what remains of it ? (Jakes out box with broken 
doll) I bought it for the child in Cincinnati, telegraphed 
her of my purchase and no doubt have her on the tiptoe 
of expectancy. I took it out on the train to show to a 
friend, when along came a blockhead of a porter, knocked 
it out of my hand and here is the result, {hands it to 
her) I fancy I can already hear Miss Nellie's yells of 
rage and disappointment. 

Mrs, Ford, {laughing ; crosses to table R.) Never 
mind -, this was but a make-believe — a mere china bride. 
You shall pacify Miss Nellie by introducing a real, living 
bride if you care to. {places doll on table) 

Dudley. Eh? — what? Did I understand you to 

say {aside) Yes, this is leap year, and that's a 

fact. 

Mrs. Ford, {laughingly) Come, sir, none of your 
drollery. You know all about it, for you have my an- 
nouncement, {toward L. of table) So here I am and 
you can accept or reject my offer as you see fit. 

Dudley. Reject it ! My dear Amy, how can I suf- 
ficiently thank you for helping me out in my timidity 

{going to her) 

Mrs. Ford. Oh ! no occasion for effusiveness, {un- 
easily) Perhaps — perhaps we better see Alice, {rises) 
I have not yet seen her and I wish to thank the dear 
girl for inviting us here to spend our honeymoon. 

{to R.) 

Dudley. No ? What rapture ! {follows her) Amy, 
I cannot tell you what pleasure this gives me. 

Mrs. Ford, {doubtfully) You are sincere ? 

Dudley, {reproachfully) Can you doubt that ? 

Mrs. Ford. Then, Perry, since you are happy, my 
last cause for regret is removed. I — I was foolish enough 
to think that the step I have just taken might pain you. 

Dudley. Pain me ? 

Mrs. Ford. But you do not know how I have longed 
to be wedded to the man I love ! 

Dudley, {eagerly) Yes, yes 

Mrs. Ford. What visions of happiness are before my 



8 A BRIDAL TRIP. 

eyes ! We are so young, Perry ; life is all before us ; 
we love each other so fondly ! 

Dudley, {transported) Angel of my soul ! No, 
no, you shan't escape from the bliss you have courted. 
Hear me, little coquette : I thought you were lost to me. 

But after this proof of affection, I There ! there ! 

{e77ibracing her) Why, sweetheart, what's the matter? 

( While he has her in his arms, Mrs. Green peers cau- 
tiously in c. D. and, much amused at seeing them em- 
bracing, transfers key to outside of door and shuts 
door, locking on outside. Mrs. Ford tears herself 
loose and moves around and above table on which she 
leans for support) 

Mrs. Ford. You coward, you insolent scoundrel ! 
(l. of table) Oh ! that Fred were here ! 

Dudley. Why, are you really angry? (r. of table) 

Mrs. Ford. You shall pay dearly for this, villain ! 

Dudley. Indeed, Amy, I meant no offense. You 
know I love you better than my life, (reaches for her 
hand across table ; she snatches it away) 

Mrs. Ford. How dare you insult me ! Your sister 
shall know of this. 

Dudley. But Amy 

{moving toward her above table) 

Mrs. Ford. And Fred shall know. He is not the 
man to pass this by. {to front of table) 

Dudley. Fred ? what Fred, Amy ? What are you 
talking about ? {to L. of table) 

Mrs. Ford. I'm talking about Frederick Ford; 
you'll find it out to your cost. 

Dudley. What? Ford, the famous duelist ? What 
has that blood-thirsty fiend to do with my kissing the 
woman I love? 

Mrs. Ford. Blood-thirsty fiend ! My beautiful, 
gentle Fred ! How dare you slander my husband ! 

Dudley, {stupefied) Your hus Your what? 

Mrs. Ford. My husband! You knew it, sir; you 
got my announcement. You knew we were here on our 



A BRIDAL TRIP. 9 

bridal trip, for I told you so. Mark my words : I'll tell 
Fred all ! 

Dudley. Married to that hot-brained ruffian, Ford ! 
{to L. Mrs. Ford turns to r. d.) My life isn't worth 
a pin's purchase if he finds this out. Madam, I implore 
you to hear me. It was all a mistake — I swear it ! 
{trying to kneely etc.) On my knees I beg your pardon. 
No, no, no, don't go — say you forgive me — say you 
won't betray — Fred isn't a blood-thirsty wretch — no, no ! 
— don't go, I beg you ! 

{^During above she has crossed to r. d. which she triesy 
then to c. d. and finally to L. T>.y frantically. He has 
followed pleading. At L. d. she turns with form 
drawn up and flashing eyes) 

Mrs. Ford, (l., intensely calm) Periclese Dudley, 
did you lock those doors ? 

Dudley, (c.) N-n-n-n-no. 

Mrs. Ford. You did. 

Dudley. Indeed I did not. 

Mrs. Ford. I demand that you let me out of this 
room. (to him, l. c.) 

Dudley. But how can I ? You see they are locked 
and I haven't the keys and 

Mrs, Ford, (almost breaking down) Oh, what if 
Fred should come now ! 

{Knock c. D. Mrs. Ford sinks half fainting into a 
chair ; Dudley looks irresolutely from her to door ; 
knock repeated ; Dudley advances to door) 

Dudley, {speaking low) You can't come in now; 
some one has locked the doors. (disguises voice) 

Ford, (without) So I perceive. Madam, will you 
have this door opened ? 

Mrs. Ford, (rising) Merciful heaven ! It is Fred ! 
Hide, or you are a dead man. 

Dudley, (alarmed) You won't betray me ? I swear 
that I didn't know you were married. 

Mrs. Ford. Leave me ! (he runs to door r.) 



10 A BRIDAL TRIP. 



Dudley. But can't we explain 



Mrs. Ford. To Fred Ford ? Never ! 
Dudley. But surely we can convince - 



{runs back to her) 
Ford, {without) Open the door, or I'll break it 
down. Open the door, I say ! 

{shakes door violently) 
Dudley. Good Lord ! if 1 can only get out of 

here {rushes wildly to l. d., which he tears open 

and exits) Thank heaven ! 

(Mrs. Green appears smiling at r. d. ; amazed at see- 
ing Dudley's manner of exit, turns inquiringly to 
Mrs. Ford, who runs imploringly to her) 

Mrs. Ford. Oh, Alice, Alice, Alice ! What shall I 
do? How can I explain this? Oh, dear! oh, dear ! 
{wringifig her hands— front of table r.) 

Mrs. Green. Amy — what has happened ? 

Mrs. Ford. He's at the door, he heard us, perhaps 
he saw us through the keyhole. Oh, this is dreadful ! 
d-r-e-a-d-f-u-1 ! {sobbing on Mrs. Green's shoulder) 

Mrs. Green, {bewildered) Heard you? Saw you 
through the keyhole ? {suddenly bursts iftto a laugh) I 
see it all; oh, the modesty of these newly married 
couples ! Ha, ha, ha ! 

(Ford shakes door) 

Mrs. Ford. How can you laugh ? Don't let him 
in — I can't face him. Take me away ! take me away ! 

Mrs. Green, (leading Mrs. Ford r.) Why, ha, 
ha, ha ! it's only a book agent. 

Mrs. Ford. No, it's not ; no, no ! 

Mrs. Green. Besides, hadn't Perry a right to kiss 
you ? Ha, ha, ha ! 

Mrs. Ford. Are you mad ? — don't you know that 

Mrs. Green. There ! there ! calm yourself. 

Mrs. Ford. But, Alice, I tell you 

Mrs. Green. Yes, yes — I understand — ha, ha, ha, 
ha ! (Ford knocks again) Man ! can't you wait a mir^- 



A BRIDAL TRIP. 11 

lite? {laughingly forces Mrs. Ford off R. d.) There, 
Amy, control your nervousness ; your husband and I will 
be with you in a few minutes, {closes door) I'll lock it 
so nobody can disturb her. And now to call Perry. 
Who would have thought that he would behave so 
absurdly. Ha, ha, ha! {Callmg l. d.) Perry! 
come back; it's only a book agent. (Ford knocking 
fiercely) And a very unmannerly book agent. Stop, 
sir ! I'm unlocking it as fast as I can. 

(Mrs. Green opens c. d. ; Ford strides fiercely in, 
book in pocket and valise) 

Ford, {glaring about room) Where are they? 
Where have they fled? 

{to I.., waving pistol and vans e) 
Mrs. Green, {up c, astounded) Why, why, 

^1-^y {backing above table) 

Ford. I'll have the villain's blood ! Do you hear ? 

(r. below) 
Mrs. Green. Merciful powers ! is the man mad ? 

{to c. up) 
Ford. Where is my wife ? where is she, I say ? 

{to her, up c.) 
Mrs. Green. Er— er— your what ? 

{backing over L. toward sofa) 
Ford My wife. She and that man are concealed 
somewhere in this house. Where are they? where are 
they ? where are they ? , r . 

{to her ; she backs around to sofa) 
Mrs Green, (forward up c.) Lord save me! 
I've a lunatic to deal with. I must soothe hmi some 

Ford. Does she think to hoodwink me? (c.) to 
disgrace Frederick Ford ? Oh, the deceitful — — 

{slams down valtse c.) 

Mrs. Green. Lying, shameless huzzy ! Poor man ! 

I know all about your troubles. . . x 

{toward him— front of sofa) 

Ford. Eh? what? {to her— she starts) 

Mrs. Green, {soothingly) Yes, yes, but you must 



12 A BRIDAL TRTP. 

try to forget them for a while and we will sit down to- 
gether on this sofa and you can show me your sample 
copy 

(Ford's book in one pocket^) 

Ford, {shouting) My what ? {to her) 

Mrs. Green. Your sample copy. 

Ford, {staring) Madam, are you Or stop ; 

is this Mrs. Green's house — are you Mrs. Green ? 

Mrs. Green. Yes, indeed, and I've been expecting 
you all morning. 

Ford. As I thought; so we now understand each 
other. 

Mrs. Green. Perfectly. I'm so much obliged to 
Mrs. Birch for sending you ; and now if you will let me 
inspect <* Blissful Matrimony," I may buy it for my 
brother and his wife. 

Ford, {staring) Madam, I beg pardon, but do you 
know what you're talking about? Aren't you laboring 
under some delusion ? '{down l.) 

Mrs. Green, {aside) He imagines everybody suffers 
with his own malady, (aloud) Oh, sir, my mind is 
sound, I assure you; though at present my house seems 
an asylum for persons whose minds are 

Ford. Ah ! {as toward her she backs R. above 
table ; he kicks valise off stage) 

Mrs. Green, {sidling toward sofa above table R. — 
aside) I mustn't offend him. {aloud) I refer to two 
young people crazed on the very subject on which your 
book treats. I have locked the woman in that room. 

{poifits R.) 

Ford. ( going to front of table to door — aside) Does 
she mean my wife ? Is Amy at the mercy of this mad • 
woman? Perhaps it's all a mistake, perhaps it wasn't 
she I heard in this room. She may be innocent and in 
deadly peril, {suddenly aloud) Madam ! {she starts 
to c.) I — I am expert in this honeymoon insanity. I 
can cure this woman if you will give me a sight of 
her. 

Mrs. Green. Not for the world ! (Ford above 



A BRIDAL TRIP. 13 

table ; she crosses below to r.) My brother, Periclese, 
is terribly jealous. When he returns you can consult 
with him about his wife's case. (^glancing l.) 

Ford, (^up l. of table) His wife? Is Periclese 
Dudley married ? 

Mrs. Green. Certainly. It was my brother and his 
wife you heard when you were knocking on that door. 
They're here on their bridal trip. 

Ford, {aside — c.) Can this be? Sounds reasonable 
enough. Have I basely misjudged poor Amy ? {aloud, 
suddenly) Madam, I see my error and I beg your 
pardon for raising this commotion. Now, if you will 
ki\ndly show me where my wife is 

Mrs. Green. Your wife ? I tell you I know nothing 
about your wife. 

Ford. Isn't your name Green? Didn't you ask us 
here on our bridal trip ? (Mrs. Green stares dwnbly) 
Mad ! mad ! and Amy perhaps at her mercy ! (c. — 
aloud) Madam, pardon my inspecting your house. 
{tries door R. — aside) Locked ; maybe I can find an- 
other entrance by going around, {crossing c.) You 
see, madam, I'm anxious to buy a place like this and I 
have your husband's permission to look over the property. 
No, no — don't think of accompanying me; I wouldn't 
trouble you for the world. 

(^Exit Ford, c. d., to r.) 

Mrs. Green, {reenter) Saints of heaven ! a maniac 
loose in this house ! {looking from l. d.) Oh, that he 
would meet Perry ! My brother's adventurous spirit 
would delight in such an encounter. 

(Dudley appears cautiously at c. d. from l.) 

Dudley, {softly) Sister? 

Mrs. Green, {turning startled quickly) Just in 
time, Perry ! Pursue the man. {points to c.) I can 
read your heroic ardor in your face. But don't injure 
the poor wretch. 



14 A BRIDAL TRIP. 

Dudley. {advancing timidly) But, who — who — 
what 

Mrs. Green. It's a book agent. 

Dudley. No ? 

Mrs. Green. Yes, yes ! Mrs. Birch sent him here ; 
I've been expecting him. He has suddenly gone insane 
and fancies I'm concealing his wife from him. Follow 
and keep him in sight. And above all don't let him 
frighten Amy. I'm going to get somebody to help us 
catch and blind him. 

{Exit Mrs. Green, c. d. to l.) 

Dudley. Good Lord ! what a scare I've had ! 
Book agent, eh? Well, I'd rather face a regiment of 
book agents than that gunpowder Ford, yes, be they in- 
sane to boot, {to R.) Why, I'm so agitated at this very 
moment that I believe the very appearance of that fellow 
Ford would 

{Enter Ford suddenly L. d. from r.) 

Ford, {down c.) I can find no entrance, {wildly) 
My wife ! my Amy ! where is she ? Ah ! {intercepts 
Dudley who is filled with terror) You, sir ; where is 
Mrs. Ford ? You're Periclese Dudley, if I mistake not ? 

Dudley. Mercy ! I'm innocent — it was a mistake. 
{backing down and into a chair l. , opposite table) 

Ford. Mistake? Isn't your name Dudley? 

Dudley. Y-y-yes — that is — I think 

Ford, {wildly) Amy ! Amy ! Amy ! where is 
she? 

Dudley. I swear to you 

{on knees, placing chair before him) 

Ford. You don't knOw ? 

Dudley. She is safe, unharmed ; she knows it was a 
mistake. 

Ford. Unharmed ? You are sure of that ? 

Dudley. Sir ! as I hope for salvation I declare it. 

Ford. Thank heaven for that ! What a load you 
have taken from my mind ! And now, sir, it remains for 
me to settle with you. 



A BRIDAL TRIP. 15 



Dudley. Mercy ! I tell you 



Ford. By offering an apology. 

Dudley, {stupefied^ VV-w-w-what ? 

Ford. I heard voices in this room ; the door was 
locked ; I heard your name called in feminine accents. 
My suspicions carried me beyond myself. I fancied the 
voice was my wife's. 

Dudley. But, sir 



Ford. I now realize my mistake 
Dudley, {eagerly) Yes, yes 



Ford. On my knees I will entreat my wife's pardon, 
and I hope, sir, that you can forgive my most unjust sus- 
picions. 

Dudley, {overjoyed). Oh, don't mention it I 

Ford. And now in regard to this other most unex- 
pected and happy event, accept my hearty congratu- 
lations. 

Dudley, {astonished) Hey? What? 

Ford. I beg an early introduction to the lady, so that 
I can explain and make my apology complete. 

Dudley. Y-y-yes, certainly, {shakes his hand vio- 
lently) But I beg pardon, sir; to what lady do you 
refer ? 

Ford. To your wife, of course. 

Dudley. You amaze me ! 

Ford. Will you present me at once ? 

Dudley. I — I fear that is impossible, {dazed) I — 
I fear, Mr. Ford, there is some mistake. 

Ford. Mistake ? 

Dudley. Indeed, sir, to the best of my knowledge I 
haven't any wife. 

Ford. What ? Are you sure ? 

Dudley. Reasonably sure, sir. 

Ford. Then whom were you hugging and kissing 
when I knocked ? 

Dudley. Good Lord ! I 

Ford. Answer me ! No trifling ! 

Dudley. I — I — I — I fancy it was the cook. 

Ford. Do you mean you have married the cook ? 

Dudley, {bewildered) Not exactly; I — I 



16 A BRIDAL TRIP. 

{Enter Mrs. Green, l. d.) Ahem ! {crosses to c.) 
My dear sister, there seems some slight misunderstand- 
ing. This gentleman is no book agent, but Mr. Frederick 
Ford, whom with his wife you have invited here on their 
bridal trip, as you know. 

Mrs. Green, {staring) Is insanity contagious? 
Frederick Ford ? 1 never heard of such a person. 

Dudley. Come, sister ; you know better than that. 
{to Ford) Sir, if you will excuse me a moment, I will 
find your wife and bring her to you. She is certainly 
somewhere about the house. 

{Exit Dudley, c. d. ; Mrs. Green stares stupidly after 
him ; she turns and stares likewise at Ford) 

Ford, {puzzled, aside) Can it be the fellow has 
been flirting with the cook and his poor, demented sister 
imagines them man and wife ? {advancing) Madam 

Mrs. Green, {retreating) Go away ! I tell you I 
don't know you. /invite you here on your bridal trip? 
Never ! 

Ford, {soothingly) Do try to remember. Your 
brother said 

Mrs. Green, {back of sofa) My brother is as crazy 
as you are. You can't fool me. You're a book agent, 
I tell you. 

Ford, {aside) I must humor her whim, {aloud) 
My dear madam, you are quite right. I am nothing 
more nor less than a book agent. Here is a copy of my 
book, {coaxingly) Come, dear, we'll sit on this nice 
sofa together and we'll turn the leaves of "Blissful Mat- 
rimony " 

Mrs. Green. Go away ! Help ! Help ! 

Ford. Why, I wouldn't hurt you for the world. 
{reaches her near L. door ; catches her arm and strokes 
her caressingly while she stands frozen with terror) 
This should convince you. {kissing her) 

{Enter Mrs. Ford ^«^ Dudley, c. d.) 

Mrs. Ford. Yes, it was a mistake, and I'll not betray 



A BRIDAL TRIP. 17 

you. {stopping aghast) What's this? Frederick Ford, 
how dare you ? 

Ford, {running toward her) Thank heaven 1 My 
precious wife restored to me. 

Mrs. Ford. Stop, sir ! How can you have the im- 
pudence, the audacity Oh ! Oh ! Oh ! 

{sinks into chair) 

Mrs. Green. His wife ? Periclese, do you hear ? 

Dudley, {puzzled) Why, surely you knew it? 

Mrs. Green. You, too, as I thought. My poor 
brother ! Oh, Amy ! Amy ! What an end to your 
honeymoon ! — your husband a lunatic ! It's pitiful. 

{weepingt to sofa^ l.) 

Ford. My darling wife, this woman is a maniac 

Mrs. Green. I? Why, I'm the only sane one among 
them. 

Ford. I say she is a maniac whom I was merely try- 
ing to soothe as you entered. You are aware, I think, 
Mr. Dudley, that one of your sister's hallucinations is to 
regard you as married ? 

Dudley. Good heavens ! To whom ? 

Mrs. Green. To Amy, of course. 

Dudley. My poor sister ! You don't imagine me 
married to Amy ? {to her) 

Mrs. Green. Poor fellow ! It's useless to reason 
with him. 

Dudley. What has made you think this ? 

Mrs. Green. Alas ! Amy, here's his own telegram. 

{to Mrs. Ford) 

Dudley, {puzzled) My telegram ? {takes it) 

Mrs. Green. Now doesn't it say you would bring 
home a bride ? 

Dudley. Why, I referred to a doll ; to a present 
for little Nellie. There it lies on the table. 

Mrs. Green, {bewildered) But didn't I see you 
embracing in here 

Dudley. No ! No ! — I swear it was the hired girl. 

Ford. Sir ! If you have deceived me 

Mrs. Ford. Fred, how dare you believe such a thing ! 
But if it were true, what right have you to complain — 



18 A BRIDAL TRIP. 

you, who spend half your time hugging and kissing other 
women ? Oh, dear ! {weeping) 

Ford. But my precious Amy, I explained. Dry your 
eyes ; {kneeling) see, I am at your feet for pardon. 

Dudley, {low to Mrs. Green) You must say it 
was the cook unless you want him to murder me. He's 
a famous duelist. 

Mrs. Green. Who? 

Dudley. Amy's husband, of course. 

Mrs. Green, {aloud) Husband ? Where is he ? 

Mrs. Ford. My dear Alice, don't you remember in- 
viting us here on our bridal trip ? Here is the telegram 
you sent me. {crosses to her, r. c.) 

Mrs. Green, {reading) " Am delighted ; come on ; 
don't think of spending your honeymoon elsewhere. 
Alice." But this was in reply to Perry; I thought you 
were the bride he was to bring home, {to Ford) Are 
you, sir, married to Amy ? 

Mrs. Ford, {suddenly) I see it all ! Frederick 
Ford, you never mailed that letter ! (Ford starts in 
dismay; fumbles in his pocket ; two letters drop out) 
There it is and Perry's invitation also ! 

{As Mrs. Ford stands pointing to letters^ the lines on 
her face relcw into a smile) 

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A PAIR OF SPECTACLES. Comedy ir. 3 Actf 
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VOL. XLI. ! 

.1 Adventures of a Love 

'< ost Child [Letter 

.'3 Court Cards 

>4 Cox and Box 

ih I'ortv Winks 

.26 Wonderful Woman 

!27 Curious Case 

'.28 Tweedleton's Tail Coat 



VOL. XLII. 

329 As Like as Two Peas 

330 Presumptive Evidence 

331 Happy Band 

332 I'inafore 

333 Mock Trial 

334 Mv Uncle's Will 
.335 Happy *a'r 

336 My Turn Next 



VOL. XLIIL 

337 Sunset 

338 For Haifa Million 

339 C ble Car 

340 Early Bird 

341 Alumni Play 

342 Show of Hands 

343 Barbara 

344 Who's Who 



VOL. XLIV. 

346 Who's To Win Him 

346 Which is Which 

347 Cup of Tea 

348 Sarah's Young Man 

349 Hearts 

350 In Honor Bound [Law 

351 Freezing a Mother-in- 

352 My Lord in Livery 



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VOL. I. 
1 The Weh Attorney 
« Boots :it the Swan 
8 How to Pay tlie Rent 
4 The Loan of a Lover 
6 The Dead Shot 

6 His Last <.egs 

7 The Invij.ble Princ« 

8 The Golilen Farmer 

VOL. U. 
» Pride of the Market 
10 Used Up 
n The Irish Tutor 
18 The Barrack Room 

13 Luke the Laborer 

14 Beauty and the Beast 
16 St. Patrick's Eve 

15 Captain of the Watch 

VOL. in. 

IT The Secret [p 

18 White Horse of the Pi 

19 The Janobita 

20 The Bottle 
SI Box anil Cox 
82 BamhoozlinK 

23 Widow's Victim 

24 Robert Macair* 

VOL. ir. 

95 Secret Service 

26 Omnibus 

27 Irish Lion 

§8 Maid of CroIssT 
29 The Old Guard 

80 Raising the Win* 

31 Slasher and Crasher 

32 Naval Engagements 

VOL. V. 
38 Cocknies in Califomi* 
34 Who Speaks First 
85 Bombastes Kurioso 
■ 3(5 Macbeth Travestie 

37 Irish Ambassador 

38 Delicate Ground 

39 The Weathercock [Gold 

40 All that Glitters is Not 

VOL. VI. 

41 Grimshaw, Bagshave and 

Bradshaw 

42 Rough Diamond 

48 Bloomer Costume 

14 Two Bounycanles 
45 Born to Good Luck 

i6 Kiss in the Dark Durer 
47 'Twould Puzzle s Con- 
t8 Kill or Cure 

VOL. vri. 

49 Box and Cox Married and 

60 St. C ipid [Settled 

81 Go-t« bed Tom 
62 The Lawyers 
53 Jack 3heppar4 
.54 The ' 'oodles 

55 The loboap 
6g Ladies Beware 

VOL. viri. 

57 Morning Call 

58 Popping the QuestloE 
69 Deaf as a Post 

80 Ne .7 Footman 

61 Pleasant Neighbor 
;« Paddy the Piper 
«3 Brian O'Linn 

64 Irish Assuranoa 
VOL. IX 
SB Temptation 
66 Paddy '"arey 
87 Two (Glregoriei 

68 King Cha-ming 

69 Po-ca-hon-tas 

70 Clockmaker's Hat 
f 1 Married Rake 

79 Love and Murder 
VOL. X. 

78 Ireland and America 

74 Pretty Piece of Business 
T5 Iriih Broom-maker 

76 To Paris auf* Baek foi 

Mve Pounds 

77 That Blessed BaJljr 
t8 Our Gal 

79 Swiss Cottag* 

15 Young Widov 



VOL. XI. 

81 O'Flannig m and the Fai- 

82 Irish Post [ries 

83 My Neighbor's Wife 

84 Irish Tiger 

85 P. P., or Man and Tiger 

86 To Oblige Benson 

87 State Secrets 

88 Irish Yankee 

VOL. XII. 

89 A Good Fellow 

90 Cherry and Fair Star 

91 Gale Breezely 

92 Our Jemimy 

93 Miller's Maid 

94 Awkward Arrival 

95 Crossing ihe Line 

96 Coniuaa» Lesson 

VOL. XIII. 

97 My Wife's Mirror 

98 Life in New York 

99 Middy Ashore 

100 Crown Prince 

101 Two Quenns 

102 Thumping Legacy 

103 Untinished tJ^ntleman 

104 House Dog 
VOL. XIV. 

106 The Demon Lover 

106 Matrimony 

107 In and Out of Place 

08 I Dine with My Mother 
0:* Ili-a-wa-tha 

10 Andv Blake 

11 Love' in '76 [ties 

12 Romance under Difficul- 

VOL, XV. 

13 One Coat for -i Suits 
114 A Decided Case 

5 Daughter [norltv 

6 No; or, the Glorious Mi- 

117 Coroner's Inquisition 

118 Love in Humble Life 

119 Family Jars 

120 Personation 

VOL. XVI. 

21 Children in the Wood 

22 Winning a Husband 

23 Day After the Fair 
124 Maki Your Wills 
1S5 Rendezvous 

28 My Wife's Husband 
27 Monsieur Tonsoa 

128 Illustrious Stranger 
VOL. XVII. 

129 Mischief-Making [Mi nes 
10 A Live Woman ia th 
•il The Corsair 

132 Shvlock 

133 Spoiled Child 

134 iivil Eye 

135 V-^thing to Nurse 

136 Wanted a Widow 

VOL. xviri. 

137 Lottery Ticket 

1 38 Fortune's Frollo 

139 Is he Jealous? 
f.O Married Bachelor 

141 Husband at Sight 

142 Irishman in London 

143 Ani na! Magnetism 

144 Highways and By-W ays 

VOL. XIX. 

145 Columbus 

146 Harlequin 

147 Ladies at Home 

148 Phenomenon in a Sinock 

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149 Comedy and Tragedy 

150 Opposite "^'eighbors 

151 Dutchman's Ghost 

152 Persecuted Hutchman 

VOL. XX. 

153 ivfusard Ball 

,&■> Great Tragic Revival 

155 High Low Jack & Game 

156 A Gentleman from Ire 

157 Tom and Jerry [land 
15B Villige Lawyer 
159 Captain's not A-mii 
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169 Yankee Peddler 

170 Hiram Hireout 

171 Double- Bedded Room 

172 The Drama Deiended 

173 Vermont Wool Dealer 

174 Ebenezer Venture [ter 
75 Principles from Charac- 

176 Liuly of the Lake (Trav) 

tOL. XXlIi. 
77 Mad Dogs 
178 B.irney the Baron 

79 Swiss Swains 

80 Bachelor's Bedroom 

si A Roland for an Oliver 
82 More Blunders than One 

183 Dumb Belle 

l-i4 Limerick boy 

VOL. xxiy. 

185 Nature and Philosophy 
86 Teddy the Tiler 
187 Spectre Bridegroom 
IVIatteo Falcone 

189 Jenny Lind 

190 Two Buzzards 

191 Happy M;»a 

192 Betsy Baker 
VOL. XXV. 

193 No. 1 Round the Corner 

194 Teddy Roe 

195 Object of Interest 

196 My Fellow Clerk 

197 Bengal Tiger 

198 Laughing Hvena 

199 The Victor Vanquished 

200 Our Wife 

VOL. xxvr. 

201 My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee Land 

203 Norah Creina 

204 Good for Nothing 

205 The First Night 

206 The Eto;i Boy 

207 Wandering Minstrel 

208 Wanted, 1000 Milliners 
VOL. XXVIL 

209 Poor Pilcoddy 

210 The Mummy [Glasses 

211 Don't Forgft your Opera 

212 Love in Livery 

213 Anthony and Cleopatra 

214 Trying It On 

215 Stage Struck Yankee 

216 Young Wife & Old Um 

brella 

VOL. xxvm. 

217 Crinoline 

218 A Fauiily Failing 

219 Adopted Thild 

220 Turned Heads 

221 A Match in the Dark 

222 Advice to Husbands 

223 Siamese Twins 

224 Sent to the Tower 

VOL. XXIX. 
295 Somebody i-'lse 
2 6 Ladies' Battle 

227 \rt of Acting 

228 The Ladv of the Lions 
220 The Riehts of Man 

230 Mv Husoand's Ghost 

231 Two Can Play at that 

Game 

232 Fighting bv Proxy 

VOL. XXX. 

233 Unprotected Female 
934 Pet of the Petticoats 

235 Forty and Fifty [hook 

236 Who Stole the Pocket 
•)37 My Son Diana [sion 

238 Unwarrantable I n t - u 

239 Mr. ind M-s. White 

240 A Quiet Family 



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249 Dr. DUworth 

250 Out to Nurse 

251 A Lucky Hit 

252 The Dowager 

253 Metamora (Burk,sque) 

254 Dreams of Delusion 
265 The Shaker Lovers 

256 Ticklish Times 

VOL. XXXIIL 

.'57 20 Minutes with a Tiger 

258 Miralda; or, the Justice 

of Tacon 

59 A Soldier's Courtship 

260 Servants by Legacy 

261 Dying for Love 
26-' Alarming Sacrifice 

263 Valet de Shnm 

264 Nicholas Mckleby 
VOL. XXXIV, 

265 The Last cl the Pigtails 
66 King Rene's Daughter 

267 The Grotto Nymph 

268 A Devilish Good Joke 
2H9 A Twice Told Tale 
270 Pas de Fascination 

71 Revolutionary Soldier 

272 A Man Vk' ithout a Head 

VOL. XXXV. 

273 The Olio, Part 1 

274 Tne Olio, Part f 

275 The Olio, Part 3 tier 

276 The Trumpeter's Daugh« 

277 Seeing Warren 

278 Green Mountain Boy 
279- That Nose 

280 Tom Noddy's Secret 

VOL. XXXVL 

281 Shocking Events 

282 A Regular Fix 

283 Dick Turpin 

284 Young Sc imp 

285 Young Actress 

286 Call at No. 1— T 

257 One Touch of Nature 

288 Two B'hoys 

VOL. XXXVII. 

289 All the World's a Stage 

290 Quash, or Nigger Lrac- 

291 Turn Him Out [tice 

292 Pretty Girls of Stillberg 

293 Angel of the Attic 

294 r'rcumstancesalterCases 

295 Ki.>tty CSheal 

296 A Supper in Dixie 

VOL. XXXVITI. 

297 Ici on Parle Francals 

298 Who Killed Cock Robin 

299 Declaration of ludepend- 

300 Heads or Tails [ence 
3(tl Obstinate Family 

302 My Aunt 

303 Tliat Rascal Pat 

304 Don Paddy de Bazan 

VOL. XXXIX. [ture 

305 Too Much for Good Na- 

306 Cure for the Fidgets 

307 J'lck's the Lad 

308 Much Ado A bout Nothing 

309 Artful Dodirer 

310 Winnirig Hazard 

311 Day's Fishinff [A'J. 

312 Did vou ev r send your, 

VOL. XL. 

313 An Irishman's Maneuver 

314 Cousin F-.nnie 

315 'Tis tbe Darkest Hour be- 

316 Masquerade [fore Dawn 

317 Cn>^dine the Season 
?,\A Good NiLrht'sR.;st 

319 Man with the Carpet Bi;» 

320 Terrible Tinker 



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